leaders vs. managers
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Leaders VS. Managers Are they really different?
Manager: someone who is responsible for managing someone else in a company or business, someone who controls resources and expenditures
Authoritarian,
transactional
style
Work focus
Seek comfort
Managers have
subordinates!
Leader: the person who makes decisions that other people choose to follow or obey, a person who guides or inspires others
Leaders have
followers!
Charismatic,
transformational
style
People focus
Seek risk
The main difference:Management Leadership
Management is about coping with complexity
Manager «does the thing right»
Leadership, by contrast, is about coping with change
Leader «does the right thing»
"There is a profound difference between management and leadership, and both are important.
To manage means to bring about, to accomplish, to have charge of or responsibility for, to conduct.
Leading is influencing, guiding in a direction, course, action, opinion. The distinction is crucial" – Warren Bennis
In summary…
Leader• Change• Leading people• Long-term• Vision• Personal charisma• Passion• Striving• Achievement• Takes risks• Seeks truth• What is right
Manager• Stability• Managing work• Short-term• Objectives• Formal authority• Control• Action• Results• Minimizes risks• Establishes truth• Being right
Reflecting on your behavior over the past month, ask yourself:
Where do you find yourself spending the majority of your time? Managing or leading?
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